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Another Inconvenient Truth

Our broad editorial focus this month is on energy savings, a topic that should be of importance to pretty much all finishers as we slog through another winter here in the northern hemisphere.

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At Last, an Easy Way to Make a 16.36% Average Annual Rate of Return...Without Risk

Earlier this year this column carried an article with a similar title (but the percentage was 16.28%, instead of the 16.36% in this title). Readers buried us in an avalanche of calls, faxes and e-mails.

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Liquid Coating

Attractive Proposition

Magnetic masking can save time and money

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Electroplating

Awesome Alloy

Switch to tin cobalt alloy eliminates chrome

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Common-Sense Critical Cleaning

Tips to optimize your cleaning process

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Powder Coating

Simplifying Pretreatment

Single-step process saves energy, time, disposal costs

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Liquid Coating

Three Steps to Lower Energy Use

Improve paint system bottom line by cutting energy consumption

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